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Resist Pressure
to use Tobacco
Statement of Objective
Identify the potential impact of
Tobacco use on all aspects of
a young person’s life.
Group activity to encourage
people not to use tobacco
products
Tobacco is a plant that
contains Nicotine.
Nicotine is an addictive
stimulant drug.
More people die each year
from smoking-related causes
than die from:
Motor vehicle accidents
Drugs
STD’s
Homicides
COMBINED!!!
Items that contain
Nicotine
Cigarettes Cigarette Smoke
Cigars
Cigar Smoke
Chewing tobacco
Snuff
Smoking a pipe
YUCK
Teens who smoke have
bad breath, yellow teeth
and yellow fingernails.
They have runny noses,
scratchy throats and dull
skin & hair. Their clothes
and hair smell like smoke
The U.S. states with the
highest percentage of
smokers are:
Kentucky (28.7%),
Indiana (27.3%),
Tennessee (26.8%),
The U.S. states with the
lowest percentage of smokers
are:
Utah (11.5%)
California (15.2%)
Connecticut (16.5%)
The N.C. cities with the highest
percentage of smokers are:
Greensboro, N.C. 28.3%
Wilmington, N.C. 26.5%
Hickory, N.C. 25.9%
The U.S. cities with the highest
percentage of smokers are:
1. Huntington, W.Va. 34.4%
2. Kingsport-Bristol, Tenn. 30.5%
3.Gulfport-Biloxi, Miss. 28.8%
Smokers(Race)
White
Black
Hispanic
Asian/Pacific Islander
17.4%
19.1%
14.1%
8.1%
American Indian/Alaska Native 32.8%
Other
21.2%
Smokers(Race) in NC
White
19.8%
Black
21.6%
Hispanic
Asian/Pacific Islander
American Indian/Alaska Native
Other
Question 1
What NC city was the
Cigarettes called Marlboro
manufactured?
Concord
Question 2
What NC city was the
Cigarettes called Salem's
manufactured?
Winston-Salem
Cigars
1 cigar contains more
nicotine & 15 times as
much tobacco as 1
cigarette.
Secondhand Smoke
Secondhand smoke is smoke
that a person exhales while
smoking.
Side stream smoke is smoke
that is given off by burning
cigarettes, pipes or cigars
Ways to Avoid Breathing
Secondhand Smoke
1 Avoid being around people who
are smoking.
2. Ask people who are around
you to stop smoking.
3. Select restaurants and other
places that have non-smoking
policies
Shocking Tobacco Facts
Approximately 10 million
cigarettes are purchased a
minute
Shocking Tobacco Facts
15 billion cigarettes are
sold each day
5 trillion cigarettes are
produced and used on an
annual basis
In most countries around the
world, the legal age for the
purchase of tobacco products
is now 18, raised from 16,
In Japan the age minimum is
20 years old.
Video
List reason why Eddie says
that smoking is cool
List reasons why the other
teenagers say that you
should not smoke.